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LindsD
LindsD
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cerid sorry if you already know this but you can now mute any threads, including this one.

hellywobs I was at Southall! I wish I had known you were there.
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
Jan 2022
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Lol Dvorak. Feel free to tell me I am a bawbag when you are next at Edinburgh parkrun.
Fields
Fields
Jan 2022
3:39pm, 8 Jan 2022
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I’ve on occasion had my posts moderated and I appreciate that both the moderation is fairly light touch here and that there’s a mechanism to report stuff. I’ve appreciated Ian messaging me to explain why and I’ve used the opportunity to reflect and try not to post in the same way again.

I have on occasion overstepped the mark on a few threads - sometimes my passion for a subject can get me in trouble - and have found the mute thread option quite handy to put it out of sight for a few days.

While I do post on some of the more contentious threads such as the politics one, I enjoy posting on plenty of others too - so I hope not all of my posts would be such that they demand ignoring :-)

I wouldn’t use an ignore user function myself. Such a function would mess up the music game thread for a start which is one of my favourites :-)
The Mussile
The Mussile
Jan 2022
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Though unfortunately poor behaviour exists everywhere - I’ve just had to post this on our FB page after this morning facebook.com


Sorry to read that. I would slightly take issue with your Facebook post in that abuse wouldn't/shouldn't be tolerated in most paid for races either and would also be easier to identify the abuser.
cerid
cerid
Jan 2022
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LindsD. I did not, that’s exactly what I’d asked for so thanks. Enjoy the thread folks, I’m out.
Hunkyteddy
Hunkyteddy
Jan 2022
1:58pm, 10 Jan 2022
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Has anyone done Dudley parkrun? Planning on doing it week after next when I am in the area?
Is it one for trail shoes?
Kanajlo
Kanajlo
Jan 2022
2:10pm, 10 Jan 2022
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Hunkyteddy

The start and finish are laps of a running track, so you you will want your track spikes for that, then there is a section on tarmac paths and the canal tow path so you will want to change into your road shoes for that bit, then there is a muddy hill to climb so you might want your trail shoes for that part. After the hill remember to change back into your road shoes for the run back to the stadium.

I've run it a couple of times in normal road shoes, so I don't think trail shoes are essential.
Badger
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2:43pm, 10 Jan 2022
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I wouldn’t use an ignore user function myself. Such a function would mess up the music game thread for a start which is one of my favourites


I agree - there have been a few posters over the years whose politics stuck in my craw but were downright entertaining on the rugby thread, for one thing (I'm not talking about you here, Fields!). There have been very few forumites whose views I could have done without on every single thread where they posted.
DeeGee
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Jan 2022
3:04pm, 10 Jan 2022
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Speaking of Black Country parkruns, I'm at the National Running Show in two weeks, I don't have a car, and I fancy a parkrun. Staying on the NEC campus, but I don't want to bring lots of luggage. So I really only want to wear one pair of shoes. As I'm not sure I can run in a pair of Chuck Taylors, I'll be wearing New Balance road shoes all weekend and don't want to change.

What I'm after, therefore, is a parkrun on a bus route from the NEC campus, which is all on tarmac and which is unlikely to waterlog excessively.

Oakwood seems to fit the bill, and has the added bonus of being a letter that I haven't yet collected.
The Mussile
The Mussile
Jan 2022
3:16pm, 10 Jan 2022
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I wouldn’t use an ignore user function myself. Such a function would mess up the music game thread for a start which is one of my favourites I agree - there have been a few posters over the years whose politics stuck in my craw but were downright entertaining on the rugby thread, for one thing (I'm not talking about you here, Fields!). There have been very few forumites whose views I could have done without on every single thread where they posted.


yeah he is awful on rugby :)

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